Judicial principle — Kuwait Court of Cassation

Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 1233

State of Kuwait · Penal Law · Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office

English translation of the principle

A private boat or launch in its owner's custody. It may not be searched except in the cases and subject to the safeguards laid down by law. Its owner's abandonment of it after being stopped to ascertain his situation and dispel the grounds for suspicion. Its effect. It may be searched. Finding narcotics aboard it constitutes an offence in flagrante delicto permitting arrest and search.
Arabic original
القارب أو الطراد الخاص الذي في حيازة صاحبه. عدم جواز تفتيشه إلا في الأحوال وبالضوابط التي رسمها القانون. تخلي صاحبه عنه بعد استيقافه لاستنكاه أمره وإزالة دواعي الشبهة. أثره. جواز تفتيشه. العثور به على مخدر يشكل جريمة متلبس بها تجيز القبض والتفتيش.
Original Arabic judgment citations

(الطعن ٤٣٤/١٩٩٩ جزائي جلسة ١٣/٦/٢٠٠٠ القسم الرابع المجلد الثامن ص ٥٤٢)

Source: Court of Cassation legal principles collection — Penal Law — Ministry of Justice — Court of Cassation — Technical Office. Printed page 334. PDF pages: 331.

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